1. Ceremonial Magick is one of the most complicated systems of spiritual attainment in the world. It is a mixture of Jewish, Christian, and ancient Egyptian philosophy mixed with ancient Indian and
Chaldean ideas spiced with a hint of earlier
Paganism. This is mixed with the ceremonial aspects of Catholicism and Masonry. It usually heavily involves the study of the
Kabbalah, the mysticism of the world put into Jewish and Judeo-Christian terms.
SOURCE: Truth About Psychic Powers, Donald Michael Kraig
2. The object of ceremonial magick is to stimulate the senses, to power-up the emotions, and to firmly conceptualize the purpose of the operation—which is to create a transcending experience to unite Personality with the Divine Self. To this end, rituals, symbols, clothing, colors, incenses, sound, dramatic invocations and sacraments are selected in accordance with established "correspondences" of one thing to another to transport the magician towards a mystical reality.
AUTHOR: Carl Llewellyn Weschcke